Sometimes real world intervenes in the world of sports and most recently two events showed the absurdity of the vaccine mandates. In Kansas City, 10 Royals were told to stay home as the rest of the team along with several minor leagues went to Toronto. Meanwhile here in the US, Novak Djokovic is being denied entry in the United States and being denied a chance of history
One of the ten, Whit Merrifield probably said more than he should but the first thing that bothers me is that we no longer believe in freedom, the right to actually not use a medication. Corona Virus was a deadly virus, but it wasn’t the bubonic plague or for that matter, was not even worse than the Spanish flu which death total were double on per capita basis of what we saw after two plus years of this pandemic. (The present death total may have been inflated since we counted both people who died because of the virus and with the virus, an important distinction. Even with this, we would have seen hundred of thousands of deaths over the past two years counting deaths due directly to Covid.)
As one sports pundit wrote, “Now the jokes will be about how Midwest yokels don’t understand science,” No the failure not to take the vaccines is not about rejecting science. While there is much to complain about the Royals organization but following the science is not one.
In a recent post by Mark Markary and Tracy Beth Hoog, we find that the CDC, NIH, and the FDA have not been following the science on many issues and have been totally politicized including dealing with the vaccines. This is what they wrote about the vaccines, “The White House promoted it hard even before FDA regulators had seen any data. Once they saw the data, they weren’t impressed. It showed no clear benefit against severe disease for people under 40.” They detailed where many insiders told them of how data was being abused, this is just one example. Note the phrase, under 40 which means, they didn’t find data that the vaccines showed any benefits for athletes under the age of 40. This is significant since the Canadian government is enforcing a ban on unvaccinated players. It is not the Kansas City Ten who are guilty of following the science, but Canadian government. Denying Novak Djokovic entry to play the US Open Tennis is our government doing that.
As the authors added about the vaccines, “The administration is already signaling that the regulatory bodies should fall in line with their plan, so the decision essentially amounts to a foregone conclusion…And yet, when asked about the justification for rolling out a fourth dose for younger Americans, the Post reported that CDC officials said: “there is no U.S. data for people under 50.“
The authors added that European CDC concluded, “no clear evidence to support giving an second booster dose to people less than 60 years of age not as higher risk of severe disease. Neither is there clear evidence to support giving them to healthcare workers unless they are at high risk.”
The authors concluded, “The official public health response to Covid has undermined the public's belief in public health itself. This is a terrible outcome with potentially disastrous consequences. For one thing, because of these sloppy and politicized policies, we run the risk of parents rejecting routine vaccines for their children—ones we know are safe, effective and life-saving…The leaders of the CDC, the FDA and the NIH should welcome internal discussion—even dissension—based on the evidence. Silencing physicians is not "following the science." Less absolutism and more humility by the men and women running our public health agencies would go a long way in rebuilding public trust.”
Now it is time to deal with Novak Djokovic who does have natural immunity. Paul Alexander in Brownstone Institute detail 150 plus articles that shows “Evidence shows that naturally acquired immunity is equal to or more robust and superior to existing vaccines. Instead, we should respect the right of the bodily integrity of individuals to decide for themselves.” There is no real scientific reason to deny Djokovic a shot at his 22nd title and we are talking the pursuit of history. In January, Djokovic was denied a chance when he was not allowed to travel to Australia and his rival, Rafael Nadel won his 21st major. Both men are engaged in a battle who will retire with the most majors and now Nadel has 22 majors and Djokovic has 21.
There is no scientific reason to deny Djokovic entry in the United States any more it was proper for Canada to deny Royals entry in Canada. Let me repeat, there is no scientific reason for denying either Djokovic or Royals 10 entry into United States and Canada. As Markary and Tracy Beth Hoog have shown, the vaccines are not as effective as advertised and the real story is how our government pushed vaccines mandates based on no real scientific evidence. Be nice to see this corruption of science covered.
FYI I took first two dosage and a booster since I viewed based on the science the benefit outweighed the risk since I am past the age of 60 and greater risk from complications of the virus. We know that for younger people, the risk of the virus is lessened.
Real Vaccine Efficacy Rates Are Much Lower Than Previously Estimated ⋆ Brownstone Institute
U.S. Public Health Agencies Aren't ‘Following the Science,’ Officials Say (commonsense.news)
Brown University’s Silence on Post-Vaccine Myocarditis ⋆ Brownstone Institute
University Vaccine Mandates Must End Now ⋆ Brownstone Institute
A Common Sense Look at 20 million Saved Lives ⋆ Brownstone Institute
Did Covid Vaccines Save Tens of Millions of Lives? ⋆ Brownstone Institute
Corona Virus, Djokovic and Kansas City Royals and the actual science
Completely agree with you. Tyrants are running the world and the world better wake up before the gulags reopen for those who will not comply to the great reset.